Time Magazine recently reprinted an article from Patheos Progressive Christian Channel blogger, John Shore, titled What Christianity without Hell Looks Like.Here's the money quote from the article, "A Christianity without Hell would have nothing to recommend it but the constant and unending love of God." I don't know what the author of the quote thinks Hell is, but unwittingly, in that one line, Shore actually describes the classic Christian vision of Hell.St Augustine was once ask … [Read more...]

People often ask about how a loving God can allow hell. Since tonight is supposedly "Devil's Night" (though I much rather think of it as "The Baptized Stick a Finger in the Devil's Eye Night") I thought I'd share a little reflection on how I make sense of these two seemingly diametrically opposed concepts of a loving God and Eternal Punishment.When the question of Hell comes up, I suggest to people that Hell is nothing more than the fire of God's love licking at the hearts of those who c … [Read more...]